Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
LIVYWar is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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Adversity reminds men of religion.
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War is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.
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This was the Athenians’ war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.
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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
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